Smithers Pira’s newest report – “Real production capability of pre-owned sheetfed litho presses” – analyzes the impression count of almost 450 pre-owned sheetfed litho presses under 10 years old from five different manufacturers. Averaged across all platform sizes, the report finds that Heidelberg presses are 24.1% more productive than all other manufacturers’ machines when comparing the overall impression count of all machines in all formats. In the case of the Speedmaster XL 105/106, the press is 66% more productive than all the competitive machines. Smithers Pira costing model showed 11% lower production costs per 1,000 sheets.

“When we studied the data available online for the used equipment market, we started truly under-standing the reality of how much more productive Heidelberg equipment is versus our competitors,” said Global Head of Marketing, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Andy Rae. “But to have the data

verified by a respected organization such as Smithers Pira, it now shows the whole industry the astounding proof of Heidelberg productivity.”

The Proof is in the Productivity

The study analyzes the output of B1, B2, and B3 machines – with a primary focus on the two larger format sizes. For all B2 (29”) presses, Heidelberg’s average annual impression count is 68.5% higher than the machines from the other four manufacturers. Across all B1 (40-41”) formats, Heidelberg presses (Speedmaster CD 102 and Speedmaster XL 105/106) are an average of 36% more productive. When comparing the average production costs of Heidelberg B1 presses to competitive equipment, both the XL 105/106 and CD 102 formats were more cost effective in producing 1,000 sheets. Heidelberg’s entry level B1 press, the Speedmaster CD 102, even outperformed the “highest specification” competitive model in terms of lower production costs.

“What this study proves is that buying a new press from another manufacturer, regardless of purchase price, means that you will be paying a higher cost per sheet,” said Rae. “Even with a 25% purchase price premium, Heidelberg machines only need to produce 8.75% more to justify the price difference versus our competitors’ machines as shown by the PIA White Papers. This report proves that we far and away exceed that!”

To conclude, Smithers Pira states, “This additional productivity provides a significant competitive advantage to Heidelberg machines…the analysis shows that the profit opportunity for Heidelberg machines is significantly higher than for the competitive models.”

To read Smithers Pira report in full, please visit http://www.smitherspira.com/resources?categoryname=WhitePaper

To read the PIA’s Reports in full, please visit http://www.printing.org/programs/print-economics-management/additional-economic-reports

New Report from Smithers Pira Reveals Heidelberg Presses are Most Productive in the Industry and Produce the Lowest Cost Per Sheet• Heidelberg delivers on average 26 - 52% more productivity than competitive equipment across 3 size platforms • Cost per sheet is significantly lower on Heidelberg presses versus other manufacturers • Profit opportunity for Heidelberg machines is higher than for competitive models

Comparative cost of printing 1,000 B1 sheets.

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NewsBRIEFHeidelberg Graphic Systems Southern Africa (Pty) LtdTel: +27 (0)86 142 4756www.heidelberg.com/za/enOctober 2017

Around 120 attendees came to this year’s Heidelberg Coating

Heidelberg Coating Days – everything you ever wanted to know about coatings, from the professionals• Optimizing coating applications with proper handling and press operation• Four days of concentrated expertise sharing with Heidelberg for production managers and printers• Heidelberg is one of the world’s biggest producers of coatings for offset printing

“Heidelberg’s Coating Days are the most efficient way for Heidelberg to share expertise aimed at further optimizing the productivity of coating applications in conventional, UV, and LED jobs,” says Bernhard Steinel, Head of the Lifecycle Solutions Business Unit at Heidelberg, in summarizing the event’s benefit.

For the seventh time in succession, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) welcomed printers and production managers from France,Germany, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Austria, and Switzerland to benefit from additional expertise in relation to coating applications. Around 120 attendees came this year to the exclusive four-day learning event, which was held from 15 to 19 September in Wiesloch-Walldorf.

The event focused on the Heidelberg Saphira range of LED coatings for matt, gloss, and drip-off applications as well as a relief coating application, where comparable coating amounts are applied using screen printing.

Over and above these highlights and special applications, Heidelberg showcased a wide range of formulations for standard applications involving dispersion and UV coatings at the Coating Days – and how best to use them in combination with the press, consumables, and service. The agenda primarily featured already tested solutions that allow customers to reduce their own optimization overheads and provide profitable printing services directly. The presentations and workshops had a strong production focus, looking at the right way to handle coatings, fromsetting the coating unit and the screen rollers to clamping the coating plates through to measuring viscosity and cleaning. Attendees’ questions from their own production environments were answered directly by the application experts from Heidelberg as well as by Technical Support staff over the four days.

One of the biggest providers of coatings for offset printingHeidelberg is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of water-based and energy-curedcoatings for offset printing through its full subsidiary Hi-Tech Coatings International with productionlocations in Zwaag (Netherlands), Aylesbury (England), Reutlingen (Germany), supplemented by license pro-duction in Australia, India, and in the Middle East, and with its own coating production facility in Taylor (USA).

Heidelberg develops custom coatings for specific applications. Its range already includes 2,500 coating formulations for special and standard applications.More and more Heidelberg customers around the world are ordering the Heidelberg Saphira coatings and other consumables online. Around 2,300 of these customers are already registered and active on the platform – and the trend is increasing.

The Heidelberg Coating Days offer expertise from the manu-facturer on the right way to handle a wide range of coating applications.

Attendees get direct answers to questions from their own production environments at the Heidelberg Coating Days.

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Downright double the throughput, half the makeready times and costs for die cutting tools: The new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-DD rotary die-cutter offers a significant productive boost for the production of in-mould labels and other elements of packaging.

The enhanced Speedmaster XL 106-DD rotary die-cutter cuts in-mould labels with injection holes of five millimeters diameter or more, and removes even the tiniest cut out waste completely and reliably in a single step.

In-mould labels with a plus in efficiency – Heidelberg presents new Speedmaster XL 106-DD rotary die-cutter

The in-mould label market is continuously growing globally at around 4.3 per cent (Awa Global Inmould Study 2017), and more than two thirds of the worldwide production is required for food packaging. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is now offering an enhanced rotary die-cutter based on the XL technology, in addition to food-safe, highly efficient print production. The Speedmaster XL 106-DD unites two key production steps in a single machine – a unique combination in the market. The rotary die-cutter’s first unit places the injection hole in the label for the subsequent production process by means of a die on a magnetic cylinder with maximum precision. Even the tiniest holes of five millimetersdiameter or more are possible. Up to now, this was aseparate step that consequently extended the production time of the respective job.

The cut out material is safely and reliably removed by means of an extraction system. The second unit of theXL 106-DD subsequently cuts out the contour of the label from the sheet. At the end of the day, this combination of the two production steps in a single pass means a downright doubling of the die-cutting throughput, while makeready times and costs for die cutting tools can be reduced to half of the previously required.

The XL 106-DD processes foils and paper with thicknesses of 0.05 to 0.3 mm at a throughput of 6,000 to 10,000 sheets per hour – almost twice as fast than a flatbed die-cutter. The costs for die cutting tools are usually in the range of EUR 300 to 1,000, and the machine is typically set up in 15 minutes.

Injection holes of five millimeters diameter and more can be cut, thus all the needs that are customary in the industry can be met. Apart from in-mould labels, the XL 106-DD can also cut plastic or paper packaging elements, such as POS items which, due to their design, need a “window” or hole for mounting in the shelf or for attaching to the product.

Events show a wide-ranging portfolio for the label marketApart from the XL 106-DD, Heidelberg presented the entire range of print and postpress solutions for in-mould, wet glue and self-adhesive labels to the around 200 Label Day participants at the Print Media Center in Wiesloch-Walldorf at the end of September.

Solutions for the in-mould label production in the foodsector were presented on a Speedmaster XL 106 with LED UV drying. In addition to working with theSpeedmaster XL 106-DD rotary die-cutter, Heidelbergdemonstrated just how label printing can become even more productive using a special in-mould label packagefor the Speedmaster XL 106.

Demos of a Speedmaster XL 106-8+LYYL with inlinefinishing and a Speedmaster XL 75-8+LYYL Anicolor 2 with Multicolor workflow focused on the economical production of wet glue labels.

The event complemented the Heidelberg trade fairpresence at the LabelExpo 2017 in Brussels which took place at the same time. The focus here was mainly on the digital and modular label presses Gallus Labelfire andGallus Labelmaster, which were primarily used for theproduction of self-adhesive labels.

• Double the throughput, half the makeready times and tool costs

• One pass productivity: completely die-cut in-mould labels for further processing in a single pass

• Fully flexible: Speedmaster XL 106-DD processes plastics and paper

• Heidelberg presents the entire range of solutions for in-mould, wet glue, and self-adhesive labels at the Label Day and LabelExpo

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Heidelberg had three winners and one special mention in the prestigious German Design Award for its machines in the fields of digital and offset printing.

The Speedmaster XL 106 and Primefire 106 digital printing press won German Design Awards. Both were presented at drupa 2016.

The Omnifire series, which can be used to print three-dimensional objects, also won a German Design Award. The Omnifire 1000 received a special mention.

Heidelberg wins several design awards– product design underlines the digital future of the print media industry• German Design Award for three different models – Speedmaster XL 106, Primefire 106, and Omnifire 250 • Special mention for Omnifire 1000 • High user friendliness and optimized operation flow are key contributors to further productivity gains

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has received awards from the German Design Council in Frankfurt for the outstanding design of its machines, as it was announced on 20 October in cooperation with the specialist journal “manager magazin”. The Award’s international jury honorsdesign trends leading the way in the German design landscape. The Award, which was established in 2012,is one of the most respected of its kind worldwide, and is highly regarded well beyond specialist circles.

The Speedmaster XL 106 offset printing press was selected as the winner for industrial applications, the new Primefire 106 digital printing press as the winner for digitized, personalized packaging, and the new Omnifire 250 as the winner for printing three-dimensional objects like balls, drinking bottles, or cell phone covers, with the Omnifire 1000 model receiving a special mention by the jury.

Focus on customer benefit

Heidelberg’s design philosophy focuses on user friendliness and the benefit for the customer. Clear shapes underline the functions and workflows, provide orientation, and ensure ergonomic, safe operation. The user interface of all series is standardized, simple, and clearly structured, enabling a seamless switch between machine formats.

“We achieve this with a clear, geometric machine design and by accentuating the key functions like feeders, printing units, and deliveries,” explains head designer Bernd Reibl. Standard design elements used across all series visualize the digitality, quality, and precision of the machines. The silver line of the gallery, for example, stands for networking and workflow across all processes, from prepress through press to post-press. The eye-catching portal on the delivery directs the view to the finished print product. On the digital printing presses, black glass as a modern element stands for digitization and gives an insight into the personalized printing process.

The high user friendliness and optimized operating sequences are key contributors to further productivity gains and are valued by customers as a brand hallmark of Heidelberg products.

Outstanding design

The design of Heidelberg machines has long been considered exemplary in the print media sector. To date, the company has won more than 50 international design awards including German Design Awards, iF Design Awards by the International Forum Design (iF) in Hanover and Red Dot Awards by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen. This year’s German Design Awards will be presented in February 2018 during the “Ambiente” consumer goods trade fair in Frankfurt.

The product and industrial designers around Bernd Reibl do not just put their creative talents to use for Heidelberg. The company offers design services for all industries on the open market under the name “Heidelberg Industrial Design”. It focuses on strategic and operational industrial design and design of user interfaces, counting amongst its customers numerous global players from the B2B arena.

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Heidelberg Technology and Automation Produce Industry-Leading Productivity Levels, Maximize Profits for Printers• Automation and true technology advancements like

Heidelberg’s Innovative Push to Stop lower printers’ cost per sheet and improve their profits

• Two new white papers from Printing Industries of America (PIA) reveal productivity is three times more important than equipment purchase price in regards to printer profitability

Citing two new white papers from the Printing Industries of America, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) finds new technology when driven by the automation of processes like “Push to Stop” provides a direct link to enhanced productivity and maximum profitability.

The two white papers, published by Dr. Ronnie H. Davis, PIA’s Chief Economist, focus on the roles that productivity and costs play in a printer’s overall profitability. Davis argues lowering manufacturing costs is the main way to boost profits. In fact, a 1% decrease in costs equates to a 34% increase in profits based on the industry-wide average of 2% profit.

Lowering Costs Through New InvestmentThe reports show the wide profit gap ($13 for every $100 Job) between profit leaders in the printing industry and those with profit potential (figure 1 of the chart). This gap, Davis attributes, is a direct result of the reduction of manufacturing costs by the profit leaders through investment in new, technologically advanced equipment. According to PIA’sstudies, customers who invest in new technology, “save more than two employees per million dollars in sales.”

Heidelberg presses have historically led the industry in terms of highest net productivity and annual impressions. Recent developments, such as “Push to Stop” technology have pushed productivity and automation to a whole new level and have the potential to make the profit gap even wider. The technology, which was introduced at drupa, allows jobs to be autonomously changed over without operator intervention and continue to print until the operator steps in to interrupt if required, which greatly reduces the number of operating steps. The systematic elimination of time on every job change leads to consistent savings and increased efficiency.

Unprecedented Levels of Productivity In Davis’s white paper, “Understanding Productivity,” he focuses on how productivity plays the key role in lowering manufacturing costs. When calculating cost to produce a job on different equipment, the productivity of a machine is three times more important than the price differential between the machines. Davis summarizes stating that “the bottom line is that productivity driven by automation, innovation, andtechnology embedded equipment drives down costs and increases financial performance.”

Early adopters to Heidelberg’s “Push to Stop” technology have already seen drastic improvements in both their productivity and profitability:

Moquin Press, Belmont, California, USA:“Bringing Push to Stop into our pressroom has been a total game changer. The unprecedented level of integration of the machine with our workflow has made a tremendous impact to our productivity and has already driven our costs down. Accuracy, speed, and incredibly fast changeovers from job to job – compared to our older machine, the difference has been night and day,” said Greg Moquin, President and Owner.

Triangl AG, Prague, Czech Republic:The recently installed Speedmaster CX 102-5+L with the latest Push to Stop generation has exceeded all expectations for Triangl, with a productivity increase of over 70 percent. With what has been delivered in the first two months, they expect to produce more than 70 million sheets this year.

When asked what these new reports mean to Heidelberg, Andy Rae, Head of Group Marketing states, “At Heidelberg, we are the industry leaders in productivity. This study shows that the productivity gain only needs to be around 33% of the price differential price gap to justify the more expensive purchase. In other words to justify a 25% price premium, you need to deliver 8.75% more output! For our customers, it means the equipment that produces the lowest cost per sheet based on their capacity need, should be the one to purchase for maximum bottom line benefit– even if it seems moreexpensive at the time. Productivity trumps cost. Period!”

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